EP0691122A3 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing tablets - Google Patents

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EP0691122A3
EP0691122A3 EP95304529A EP95304529A EP0691122A3 EP 0691122 A3 EP0691122 A3 EP 0691122A3 EP 95304529 A EP95304529 A EP 95304529A EP 95304529 A EP95304529 A EP 95304529A EP 0691122 A3 EP0691122 A3 EP 0691122A3
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manufacturing tablets
tablets
manufacturing
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EP0691122A2 (en
EP0691122B1 (en
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Heizaburo Kato
Yuki Tsushima
Takayuki Ohwaki
Masaharu Nakajima
Yutaka Morita
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Eisai Co Ltd
Sankyo Manufacturing Co Ltd
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Priority claimed from JP15734494A external-priority patent/JP3187657B2/en
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61JCONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J3/00Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
    • A61J3/06Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of pills, lozenges or dragees
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61JCONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J3/00Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
    • A61J3/10Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of compressed tablets
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30PRESSES
    • B30BPRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B11/00Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses
    • B30B11/02Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space
    • B30B11/027Particular press methods or systems
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30PRESSES
    • B30BPRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B11/00Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses
    • B30B11/02Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space
    • B30B11/08Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space co-operating with moulds carried by a turntable
    • B30B11/10Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space co-operating with moulds carried by a turntable intermittently rotated
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30PRESSES
    • B30BPRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B15/00Details of, or accessories for, presses; Auxiliary measures in connection with pressing
    • B30B15/30Feeding material to presses
    • B30B15/302Feeding material in particulate or plastic state to moulding presses

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EP95304529A 1994-07-07 1995-06-27 Method and apparatus for manufacturing tablets Expired - Lifetime EP0691122B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

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JP15589994A JP3179658B2 (en) 1994-07-07 1994-07-07 Tablet manufacturing method and device
JP15589994 1994-07-07
JP155899/94 1994-07-07
JP15734494A JP3187657B2 (en) 1994-07-08 1994-07-08 Tablet manufacturing method and device
JP15734494 1994-07-08
JP157344/94 1994-07-08

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EP0691122A2 EP0691122A2 (en) 1996-01-10
EP0691122A3 true EP0691122A3 (en) 1996-03-27
EP0691122B1 EP0691122B1 (en) 2000-12-13

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EP95304529A Expired - Lifetime EP0691122B1 (en) 1994-07-07 1995-06-27 Method and apparatus for manufacturing tablets

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US (3) US5672364A (en)
EP (1) EP0691122B1 (en)
KR (1) KR100357753B1 (en)
BR (1) BR9503100A (en)
DE (1) DE69519604T2 (en)
TW (1) TW333452B (en)

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DE69519604T2 (en) 2001-04-12
KR100357753B1 (en) 2003-05-01
DE69519604D1 (en) 2001-01-18
EP0691122B1 (en) 2000-12-13
KR960003699A (en) 1996-02-23
BR9503100A (en) 1996-04-23
US6227836B1 (en) 2001-05-08
US5672364A (en) 1997-09-30

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